CareerBuilder

Jobseekers beware. Do not post your resumes here. You are only setting up yourself to be targeted by "HR/Directors/Recruiters/Sales" from multilevel marketing companies, all sorts of insurance companies (eg. American Income, Farmers, Colonial Life), shady virtual assistant jobs and worse--things that may not have anything to do with your education or career goals. Their spammy phishing emails continue for days, weeks, and months. I closed my CareerBuilder account for not wanting to deal with junk every day.

For every job I've applied for on CareerBuilder there was a download a wire or provide info that's already on my resume? There are CB staff that's behind this because the staff is not supportive and I keep getting these BS checks these clowns think I'm depositing in my bank? Come on CareerBuilder? Do better!

This is the absolute worst website I have ever encountered. One, I didn't realize what exactly posting my resume on here would entail so let me explain. You will get constant phone calls from scammers who lake credibility, as well as constant emails. They caller IDs are from across the US so you never know if someone reputable is calling or not. And if it's career builder, they're not reputable. They sell your information to other businesses which includes your email, phone number, and other personal information. And last but not least, they make it ridiculously hard for you to delete your account. I sent in a request to have my information removed a month ago and still nothing. I called this morning and got hung up on. I called back and they told me they're only doing customer service through email. So to refresh, I'm still getting spam calls and emails out the wazzoo and it is extremely frustrating. Career builder is horrible. I attached a picture of my voicemail which is now FLOODED, so you can see what I am talking about.

I finally deleted my account. Not only are the salary's listed almost 100% false ($140K for an admin assistant?), I started getting numerous "job leads" via email that turned out to be completely ridiculous. If they had even glanced at my resume, they would have known that the jobs they were sending me made no sense at all! I then started getting texts. They would not say who they were, and were very vague about who they represented (and never who they worked for). After I asked some questions, they started to get nasty! I told them to remove me from their list and I blocked their numbers. This has never happened on LinkedIn. It's bad enough looking for a job in this climate. I certainly don't need to be hassled by these so-called "recruiters". CareerBuilder needs to screen these people. Good riddance.

I posted my resume on the site. I have been overwhelmed by scam emails, for crap jobs that have absolutely no relation to my resume and skill set. Careerbuilder needs to get serious about blocking these scammers but there isn't even a portal to report the scams coming from this site. What unbelievable bull$#*!. Hire some cybersecurity people.

Today is 2/11/23. Since posting my review January 24th, I have received many more fake job interview requests by text and email, even though I keep blocking. For several of the last "jobs" where the scammers pose as representing a real company, I have reached out to the real company and provide copies of the email or text thread so that the company can take legal action (I'm an attorney, and this is my hobby). I have also file a complaint against CareerBuilder.com with FTC.GOV. If you are looking for a legitimate job board, try pleases like Indeed or Glassdoor.

Beware before you post your resume on careerbuilder. From the moment I uploaded my resume I have been called and e-mailed by companies for jobs that are no where near my profession. I get cold calls from people who won't tell me who they are or what type of job it is, but they want me to set up an interview. Usually they end up trying to convince me to become an owner or work for a terrible salary as an entry level insurance agent. If you are an experienced professional look for a legitimate job in your career field, DO NOT use careerbuilder. I had to deactivate my account and they still call me.

I was able to find job information, but many of the jobs seem to be already filled internally, or through some other means other than CareerBuilder.com.
Not to mention many of them just seem to help company and corporation HR departments by giving "employers" a lot of names and resumes, so if they ever get sued, they can claim that they "looked at many potential candidates" through their website, even though the position was probably filled weeks ago by someones niece or grandchild who did not even need to apply for the job.

I've gotten nothing since applying on this site but text messages (!) from fake companies just phishing for my info. I've received emails with the same going on. A few years back there was a legitimate posting but it actually was more of an ad that appeared as a banner on the page for a government job. But now I've gotten nothing but feeling like my personal info has been accessed by people from other countries and it is very unsettling. I literally could've not used the site and saved myself the grief.

All of the jobs that I've applied to have been a scam. Most of the job listings don't even state the company that they're advertising for. I keep getting scam/ shady texts/ emails from "recruiters" or "hiring managers" asking for personal information or offer the job right away so they can get more information. It is making the job search really difficult and frustrating. I wouldn't trust this site.

Career builder is so confusing and frustrating I have seen many jobs of interest but when time to apply it routes me to some other page to sign on. I have no idea how to actually only apply for a specific position so end up leaving site everytime. Truly thinking about deactivating account as it purpose is not serving me effectively. Very disappointed because some of these job I really have a chance at.

CareerBuilder is the worse job-hunting site that I've had the misfortune of interacting with. I'm in a technical field, and in a niche. The job matches are consistently poor and arrive 3 to 5 times per day. Only about 1% of the 25 to 150 alleged matches are remotely close. CareerBuilder also will send a message that is titled "Company X is interested in you!"... a complete lie. They company is not interested, nor did it even look at your resume. It's just CareerBuilder falsely informing you that they've matched you to the job. And if all of that wasn't bad enough, the flood of job-spam that ends up in your mailbox exceeds the amount of junk actually sent by CareerBuilder. And most of the job-spam is about completely unrelated alleged jobs (usually in the "insurance sales" arena). And after a bit of investigation prove to be nothing more than pyramid schemes.

I've had a career builder profile for years. Recently I went on the site to look for some part time work. With in minutes of updating, I started receiving back to back to back calls from recruiters and they just kept coming in and while I was at work. All morning, one company after the other. I tried to look for an option on the website to opt out of these calls and nothing was available. They call whether you applied for a job or not. They call and want all your information to match you to the available jobs they have, that you didn't apply for or inquire about and it just goes on and on, one company after the other. Don't forget another person from that SAME company is going to call after you told the last one NO. It's annoying and upsetting and I had to block them all. You can't even delete your own profile on the site. They have to put it up for a review and get back to you. Career builders used to be my number one go to, now I just stick to Indeed.com, where you can opt in or out for those calls or go directly on the employers site to apply for a job.

I heard good things about careerbuilder.com. Then I became a member and decided that those things were all lies.

I signed up in high hopes of finding that perfect job. All I've found so far is a stack of emails in my junk folder trying to sell me on resume services and other things I don't need.

If you jump through all the hoops, I'm sure the perfect job is waiting for you somewhere on that website. I just worry that you'll pay so much in assistance fees that you'll need that job to get yourself out of job searching debt.

I tried to purchase a two-week access to their resume database, but because I have a company based in Tokyo (and U.S. based credit cards), these nitwits refused my business. Seriously, are they so ignorant that they don't know that recruiting is an international business? Posted my complaint on their Facebook site and they responded indicating that they would be in touch with me directly. Of course, nothing from them. They are truly morons.

Applied to some job listings and was immediately bombarded with fake job offers from scammers in my email and on my phone. They now have my information from my resume as well. Don't put yourself at risk. DO NOT USE THIS SITE! If you've already used the site and are in the same boat at me whatever you do do not click any link in the emails or message and give them no information.